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Enduring Understandings




References to PDE Academic Standards, Anchors, and Eligible Content


Working Draft of Learning Objectives: Students will be able to...

  • Determine the effects of heat and density on weather patterns.
  • Describe how the topography of Earth affects weather patterns.
  • Explain how winds are predictable on Earth.
  • Interpret weather maps.
  • Analyze weather maps to predict weather patterns.
  • Explain how seasonal changes affect weather patterns.

Working Draft of Essential Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies

  • Convection Currents and Density
  • Clouds and Rain (Weather in a Bottle)
  • Coriolis Effect applied to Hurricanes
  • Prevailing Winds and Trade Routes
  • Reading Weather Maps
  • Elements of Weather Forecasts

Working Draft of Supplemental Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies


Resource Materials:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/radar.htm
http://www.weatherclassroom.com/home_students.php
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/wworks0.htm
http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm

Seasons & Ecliptic Simulator
Weekly Weather Maps
Pick your day Weather Map Great site to observe weather patterns
Weather Symbols & Visual


Text- Science Spectrum CH 20.2 Wind, Clouds; CH 20.3 Weather & Climate, Weather Maps
http://www.education.noaa.gov
Online Radar Maps
Online Hurricane Images & Tracking
Online Sea Surface Temperature Mapping
Powerpoint Weather Reports

Instructional Objectives:


Determine the effects of heat and density on weather patterns.
  • Convection Currents
  • types of weather associated with warm and cold fronts.

Describe how the topography of Earth affects weather patterns.
Explain how winds are predicable on Earth.
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Prevailing Winds
  • Hi/Lo pressure and winds

Interpret weather maps.
Analyze weather maps to predict weather patterns.
  • weather fronts, high/low pressure, temperature, wind direction and precipitation

Explain how seasonal changes affect weather patterns.



Essential Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies:

Convection Currents
Hurricane Tracking
Weather Fronts/Maps

Supplementary Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies:

Make convection current fan over a candle
Vortex in a bottle activity
Weather Prediction Activity

Ed Heads Weather Map
Make Clouds

Technology Integration:

Weather Mapping Powerpoint Activity (GROUP)

Assessments:

Prior Learning (from S8 Anchors):

S8.D.2.1 Explain how pressure, temperature, moisture, and wind are used to describe atmospheric conditions that affect regional weather or climate.
  • S8.D.2.1.1 Explain the impact of water systems on the local weather or the climate of a region (e.g., lake effect snow, land/ocean breezes).
  • S8.D.2.1.2 Identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence regional weather and climate.
  • S8.D.2.1.3 Identify how cloud types, wind directions, and barometric pressure changes are associated with weather patterns in different regions of the country.